Van Mag Homeless   It was a bold effort, integrating police, psychiatrists, social workers, and life coaches to deliver permanent supportive housing — including “medical, psychosocial, and rehabilitation services” — to thousands …

Canada’s e-health disconnect doesn’t stem from a lack of effort. Convinced that electronic connections between patients and clinicians will forge better, cheaper health care, the provincial and federal governments have …

50 years after Canada implemented universal access to health care, Canadian politicians say the survival of the country’s network of government-funded health systems is in jeopardy. Spooked by rapidly increasing …

A $46-million diabetes registry was to have augured a new era of chronic disease management within Ontario. But critics say the overdue registry has been beset by procurement miscues, and …

The federal government promised to give every Canadian an electronic health record. Eleven years and $2 billion later, we’re still waiting. Lives are hanging in the balance.

Research indicates that carbapenum-resistant bacteria — which represent a disastrous threat for clinicians — is now prevalent in South Asia and moving into Europe and North America in the same …

  How long should wait times be for most medical procedures? The answers are surprisingly elusive. In this election campaign, wait times for surgery and other medical treatments are once …

Two studies from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) linking hospitals that perform larger volumes of surgery to better patient outcomes are prompting another round of soul-searching over the …